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Napster finally offers a reasonable subscription service

May 19, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

So this one look interesting. From Napster, via email:

New Offer: Download 5 Songs + Play 7 Million More = $5 Per Month

Dear Valued Customer,

Play all the music you want from Napster's huge library, from any Internet-connected computer—millions of tracks covering all kinds of music. Then use your 5 monthly MP3 credits to download songs that are compatible with any player (including iPod/ iPhone), without copy restrictions or other headaches. Plus, enjoy all of Napster's great features:

  • Buy all the music you want, 5 MP3 credits are included every month
  • Get new releases every week from both major labels and independent artists
  • Listen to more than a thousand Napster playlists and over 60 commercial-free radio stations
  • Discover new music through personalized recommendations, or browse and play hits from Billboard charts going back to 1955

Napster is now an unbelievable value!

With plans starting at just $5 a month, you can get 5 MP3 credits and unlimited on-demand streaming music. To start this great offer, sign in to your Napster account, go to the My Account menu and select Account Status.

Launch Napster

More info on the Napster Blog. Looks like it's US-only and this pricing does not include devices. For that, you need Napster To Go, which is still $15 a month and, curiously, does not appear to offer any free MP3s each month.

Also, according to the actual site, "The $5 dollar monthly subscription is a special offer – get it while you can." It will jump to $7 a month after that.

Discuss this Article 58

mikegalos@msn.com
on May 20, 2009
chuck So what you're saying is that you intentionally cited things you knew were wrong rather than unintentionally saying something wrong out of ignorance? So, you're not ignorant you just lie? And that's your defense? As for saying you're "technically wrong". Well, "technically", no. You're just wrong.
mikegalos@msn.com
on May 20, 2009
chuck "Microsoft achieved the same end [...] by a different mechanism." Yes. That mechanism was producing a better product at a better prices that people actually wanted. You see, successful is not the same as unfair. The failure of worse products at worse prices that nobody wants doesn't mean there's some evil conspiracy - just incompetence.
Waethorn
on May 20, 2009
"You probably live in US so you don't get that, but quite a bit of official music channels have "US only" content." Anything with "US Only" doesn't mean Canada, sorry to say. There is no Zune Marketplace in Canada, hence no Zune Pass. Am I mad? Kinda, but there are other options already provided by Canadian companies. "Wae, you have no idea what my job is or what i do." Although I can't be sure of that, I am sure that being a jacka$$ must be one of the credentials. "Seriously, you're just embarrassing yourself." You do that on every post you write.
panache1023
on May 20, 2009
MikeGalos, you said, "Yes. That mechanism was producing a better product at a better prices that people actually wanted. You see, successful is not the same as unfair." You are a HUGE history revisionist when it comes to Microsoft. There are MANY MANY documented proven cases where MS won out not by being better, but by being unfair. If you think otherwise, than YOU are just plain wrong. "The failure of worse products at worse prices that nobody wants doesn't mean there's some evil conspiracy - just incompetence." Agreed.
Waethorn
on May 20, 2009
"The failure of worse products at worse prices that nobody wants doesn't mean there's some evil conspiracy - just incompetence" Tell that to Opera.
tayme
on May 20, 2009
Luckily, this thread closes soon...It has gone to sh!t. Paul, again...you have lost control of your own blog. Its sad, really... --tayme
lotsamystuff
on May 20, 2009
"That mechanism was producing a better product at a better prices that people actually wanted." Combined with, "Microsoft's market share and the applications barrier to entry together endow the company with monopoly power in the market for Intel-compatible PC operating systems ... directly evidenced by the sustained absence of realistic commercial alternatives to Microsoft's PC operating-system products." and "...no significant percentage of consumers will be able to abandon Windows without incurring substantial costs. Microsoft can therefore set the price of Windows substantially higher than that which would be charged in a competitive market — or impose other burdens on consumers — without losing so much business as to make the action unprofitable." and "Microsoft's monopoly power is also evidenced by the fact that, over the course of several years, Microsoft took actions that could only have been advantageous if they operated to reinforce monopoly power." and "Microsoft's past success in hurting such companies and stifling innovation deters investment in technologies and businesses that exhibit the potential to threaten Microsoft. The ultimate result is that some innovations that would truly benefit consumers never occur for the sole reason that they do not coincide with Microsoft's self-interest. " http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm See, Mikey, I can read court documents too.
mikegalos@msn.com
on May 20, 2009
panache "There are MANY MANY documented proven cases where MS won out not by being better, but by being unfair." How about you name two. One for each MANY you shouted.

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